Independent Commission Against Corruption

19 May 2013

The hearing of the Legislative Council's Public Accounts Committee to question Tong and his successor, Simon Peh Yun-lu, was meant to run for four hours but ended after Tong gave evidence for less...

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ICAC opening new HQ meant more entertaining, says Timothy Tong

19 May 2013

At a Legislative Council committee hearing into his hospitality spending, Tong attributed the higher entertainment bills racked up during his five-year tenure at the Independent Commission Against...

5:55AM

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Tong must co-operate with probes for his sake and the ICAC's

19 May 2013

It would not be surprising if the first Legco probe into the controversy surrounding Timothy Tong Hin-ming is seen as a failure. Defending himself for the first time in public yesterday, the...

3:55AM

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Ex-ICAC boss to be grilled over HK$100,000 dinner

18 May 2013

Former ICAC chief Timothy Tong Hin-ming spent HK$100,000 of public money on a reception at The Peak in one of two lavish dinners he will face questions over in the Legislative Council today.

4:57AM

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Graft-busting agency ICAC launches criminal inquiry into its former boss

15 May 2013

The city's anti-graft agency said last night it will launch a corruption investigation into its former chief Timothy Tong Hin-ming. He becomes the first head of the graft-busting agency to face a...

9:03AM

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Up to 3 in 10 complaints to ICAC deemed too weak for further action

12 May 2013

Corruption complaints that are deemed "pursuable" - excluding election-related cases - account for 70 per cent to 80 per cent of all reports the ICAC receives every year, a review of its annual...

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Opinion

Tom Holland

Worrying economic parallels between China and India

3:33AM

Howard Winn

Elsie Leung caught up in Rusal's byzantine politics

3:35AM

Who watches over our graft watchdog, the ICAC?

The Independent Commission Against Corruption has long been one of Hong Kong's most cherished institutions, credited with helping turn the city from one of Asia's most corrupt into one of its...

6:05AM

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ICAC reputation pays price for Timothy Tong's spending

Former chief secretary Anson Chan Fang On-sang has drawn her own conclusions from the official figures revealing the lavish spending. "The position of ICAC commissioner demands someone who has...

5:57AM

Beijing loyalists set to dominate Tong's ICAC probe

Pro-establishment lawmakers are expected to dominate a new Legislative Council select committee that will examine former ICAC chief Timothy Tong Hin-ming's allegedly lavish spending during his...

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CORRUPTION

Tong's hospitality as chief of customs raises eyebrows

A lawmaker urged the tight-lipped Customs and Excise Department to explain why Tong could borrow a plane from the Government Flying Service to entertain visiting mainland officials in 2004, as...

5:48AM

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CITY BEAT

City must keep edge in the economic race and stay clean

During the past week or so, we have witnessed several seemingly unrelated incidents that, upon reflection, share a common thread - competitiveness.

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CORRUPTION

Reputation of Hong Kong's anti-graft agency at stake over Tong scandal

Former senior ICAC investigators who helped stamp out endemic corruption in Hong Kong fear its hard-earned reputation as one of the cleanest anti-graft agencies in the world is on the line as a...

5:03AM

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